Soft Talk is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne. It was released in 1991 on the Epic label. Two tracks on the album, "The Very First Lasting Love" and "Stop Me" were performed with Les Taylor. The album reached No. 55 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.[1] AllMusic's Bil Carpenter gave Soft Talk a star rating of three out of five and described it as "defiant, emotionally draining country."[2] People considered the album "more subdued" but a "pleasing package".[3]

Soft Talk
Studio album by
Released1991
StudioEleven Eleven Sound Studio, Quad Studio, and Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length35:34
LabelEpic
ProducerJames Stroud
Shelby Lynne chronology
Tough All Over
(1990)
Soft Talk
(1991)
Temptation
(1993)

Track listing

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  1. "Don't Cross Your Heart" (Tony Haselden, Tim Mensy) — 2:55
  2. "I've Learned to Live" (Dean Dillon, Frank Dycus) — 3:52
  3. "Alive and Well" (Michael Garvin, Bucky Jones) — 3:21
  4. "A Lighter Shade of Blue" (Max D. Barnes, Skip Ewing, Troy Seals) — 3:47
  5. "It Must Be You" (Hugh Prestwood) — 3:07
  6. "You Can't Break a Broken Heart" (Chuck Jones, Chris Waters) — 3:14
  7. "Soft Talk" (Seals, Eddie Setser) — 3:39
  8. "The Very First Lasting Love" (Paul Hollowell, Les Taylor, Lonnie Wilson) — 3:34
  9. "Stop Me" (Jim Lauderdale, John Leventhal) — 3:43
  10. "It Might Be Me" (C. Jones, J. D. Martin) — 4:22

Personnel

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Chart performance

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Chart (1991) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 55

References

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  1. ^ "Shelby Lynne Album & Song Chart History", Billboard, Nielsen Company, retrieved July 18, 2010
  2. ^ Carpenter, Bil, "Soft Talk > Review", Allmusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved July 18, 2010
  3. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Soft Talk : People.com". Archived from the original on 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2013-01-29.
  4. ^ a b c "Soft Talk > Credits", Allmusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved July 18, 2010